Italian Hall
| Italian Hall | |
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Italian Hall on December 25, 1913
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Romanesque Revival |
| Location | Calumet, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 47°14′54″N 88°27′19″W / 47.2484°N 88.4554°WCoordinates: 47°14′54″N 88°27′19″W / 47.2484°N 88.4554°W |
| Construction started | 1908 |
| Inaugurated | Columbus Day, 1908 |
| Demolished | October 1984 |
| Cost | $25,000 |
| Client | Società Mutua Beneficenza Italiana |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 2 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Paul Humphrey Macneil |
| Main contractor | P. J. Donahue |
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Formerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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| Location | 7th and Elm Sts. |
| NRHP reference # | 80001858 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | July 23, 1980 |
| Designated MSHS | June 6, 1977 |
| Removed from NRHP | April 18, 1988 |
Italian Hall was a two-story commercial and recreational building in Calumet, Michigan, built in 1908 and demolished in 1984. Two prior buildings known popularly as "Italian Hall" had stood on the site. The first floor housed commercial space with a large hall on the second floor. The building served as headquarters for the Società Mutua Beneficenza Italiana (Italian Mutual Benefit Society) and hosted community events. The hall is notorious as the site of a disaster in 1913 in which over 70 people died after a false cry of "fire" at a Christmas party. Since demolition, the site has served as a memorial park. The property is a Michigan State Historic Site and the building was formerly on the National Register of Historic Places.
Italian Hall was designed in the Romanesque Revival style. It was located in the 400 block of Seventh Street between Elm and Pine Streets in Calumet. It was situated on lot 9, block 31 of the original plat, measuring 58 by 118 feet (18 by 36 m) like all others in block 31. The two-story building faced east and was rectangular, about 58 by 100 feet (18 by 30 m). The walls were constructed of brick and rubble masonry. The façade was divided into seven bays, each with an arched window on the second floor. On the main wall was a cast metal cornice, bearing the words Societa Mutua Beneficenza Italiana, supported at either end by pilasters topped with Doric capitals. There were three chimneys, two along the north wall and one about midway on the south. The roof, supported by I-beams spanning the width of the building, sloped from the front and rear to a low point about a third of the way from the rear. The first and second floors both had tin ceilings.
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